Therapeutic nasal inhalator
OwnerYousef Daneshvarinventor
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Abstract
An enclosure formed by a pan and a cover is divided into an upper steam chamber and a lower hot water chamber by a perforate partition. Steam rises through the perforate partition from the hot water chamber to the steam chamber. The cover has a nose aperture into which a user places the nose to inhale steam from the steam chamber. The steam chamber is selectively communicated to the surrounding space on its exterior to control the direction and the amount of airflow between the steam chamber and the exterior. The amount is controlled by a multi-apertured disk on the exterior and the direction by a slide on the interior which can select either bi-directional flow or uni-directional flow in the direction into the chamber.
Claims20
Therapeutic apparatus for the nasal inhalation of steam by a user comprising:
- an enclosure cooperatively defined by an open-top pan and a removable cover, said enclosure defining inner volume means for holding hot water and steam, said enclosure further comprising a first wall portion and a second wall portion, said first wall portion having a nose-accommodating aperture means for allowing the user's nose to substantially sealingly project into said inner volume means and for allowing the inhalation of steam from the inner volume means by the user, and said second wall portion further comprising selection means for selectively communicating said inner volume means to the ambient.
Therapeutic apparatus for the nasal inhalation of steam by a user comprising:
- an enclosure cooperatively defined by an open-top pan and a removable cover, said further comprising a first wall portion and a second wall portion, said first wall portion having means for allowing the user's nose to substantially sealingly inhale steam from the inner volume means and said second wall portion further comprising selection means for selectively communicating said inner volume means to the ambient, wherein said selection means further comprises selectable aperture means mounted on said second wall portion for selecting a particular sized aperture for communicating said inner volume means with the ambient, said selectable aperture means further including flow direction selection means for selecting between unidirectional or bidirectional flow between the inner volume means and the ambient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.